On March 2, 2014, American Superconductor Corporation (the "Company") entered
into an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with the holder of the
Company's Senior Convertible Note (the "Note") issued on December 20, 2012,
pursuant to which the parties agreed that the Note will be exchanged for
6,627,267 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share
("Common Stock"), at a closing to be held on or prior to March 5, 2014.

The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreement is not complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a
copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of any offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall
there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the securities in any State in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated in this Item 3.02 by
reference.

The issuance of Common Stock in exchange for the Note will be made pursuant to
the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act, on the basis that the exchange constitutes an exchange with an existing
holder exclusively where no commission or other remuneration was paid or given
directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

A list of exhibits is set forth in the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes
such Exhibits and in incorporated herein by reference.